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Meaning of PELOPONNESIAN

Pronunciation:  `pelupu'neezhun

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 Definition: [adj]  of or relating to Peloponnesus; "Peloponnesian War"
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pel`o*pon*ne"sian\, a. [L. Peloponnesius, fr.
Peloponnesus, Gr. ?, lit., the Island of Pelops; ?, ?, Pelops
+ ? an island.]
Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern peninsula
of Greece. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of the
Peloponnesus.
 

 

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